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Tango0120 Dec 2016 9:26 p.m. PST

…City in Greece

""What used to be considered remains of some irrelevant settlement on a hill can now be upgraded to remains of a city of higher significance than previously thought," said team member Robin Rönnlund, leader of the fieldwork and a doctoral student at the University of Gothenburg.

The archaeological remains can be dated to several historical periods and are scattered on and around Strongilovoúni, an isolated hill towering 705 feet (215 m) above the vast plains of Western Thessaly.

"Most striking of the visible remains at the site are the well-preserved fortifications, at points still 8 feet (2.5 m) high, but the lower slopes below the hill show clear indications of being the location of an extensive urban settlement, now covered by silt and sediment from the nearby river Enipeas," the archaeologists said…"
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Come In Nighthawk26 Dec 2016 12:10 p.m. PST

It'd be really cool to see if they can discover what the city was called!

Tango0118 Jan 2017 9:24 p.m. PST

(smile)

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